Curriculum Vitae

DR. LOONG SHIH KENG

Research Officer
  • Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre
  • +603-79676670

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • RISK ASSESSMENT
    Biorisk Management and Biosecurity
  • VIROLOGY
    Arthropod-borne Infectious Diseases
  • BACTERIOLOGY
    Zoonotic Diseases

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD(Malaya), (Microbiology & Biochemistry)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • MMedSc, (Medical Science)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • BSc (Hons) (Biotech), (Bioteknologi)
    Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Member of the Institutional Biosafety and Biosecurity Committee (IBBC)
    04 Jun 2021 - 04 Apr 2023 (University Malaya)
  • Ahli Jawatankuasa Pasukan Tindakan Kecemasan (ERT) Bagi Bangunan High Impact Research (HIR)
    21 Oct 2020 - 31 Dec 2021 (University Malaya)
  • Member of the Institutional Biosafety and Biosecurity Committee (IBBC)
    30 Apr 2019 - 30 Apr 2021 (University Malaya)
  • Ahli Jawatankuasa Penilaian Spesifikasi dan Teknikal - Ultra-low Temperature Freezer (-80 degree Celcius) & Biomedical Freezer (-20 degree Celcius)
    16 Feb 2021 - 16 Feb 2021 (University Malaya)
  • Ahli Jawatankuasa Penetapan Spesifikasi - One-step Probe qRT-PCR Kit
    16 Dec 2020 - 16 Dec 2020 (University Malaya)
  • Ahli Jawatankuasa Penetapan Spesifikasi - Molecular Reagents & Consumables for Vectors (Birds and Simulium) Research
    16 Dec 2020 - 16 Dec 2020 (University Malaya)
  • Team Member in the Development of University of Malaya Laboratory Safety Training Modules
    06 Dec 2019 - 06 Dec 2020 (University Malaya)
  • Ahli Jawatankuasa Kerja Kajian Penilaian Outcome Program Pemerkasaan Bidang Nic Pusat Kecemerlangan Pendidikan Tinggi (HICoE)
    01 Sep 2020 - 30 Nov 2020 (National)
  • Team Member in the Drafting of Universiti Malaya Laboratory Safety Guidelines
    24 Jul 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 (University Malaya)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE & HYGIENE, MEMBER
    2019 to 2022 (International)
  • MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF PARASITOLOGY AND TROPICAL MEDICINE, MEMBER
    2016 to 2022 (National)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN) 2022 Fellowship
    SEAOHUN, 2022 (International)
  • EXCELLENCE SERVICE AWARD
    University of Malaya, 2022 (University)
  • Anugerah Pentadbir Universiti Malaya 2021 - Kategory: Penyelidikan (Pegawai Penyelidik/Pegawai Sains)
    Persatuan Pegawai Tadbir dan Ikhtisas (PEKERTI), 2021 (University)
  • Bronze Award, Impact of Dairy Hygiene Practices on the Triple Bottom Line of a Dairy Farmer, MARDI Science & Technology Exhibition, 10-12 November 2020
    Malaysia Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), 2020 (Government)
  • Expert/Talent (Publication/Conference/Consultancy)
    University of Malaya, 2016 (University)
  • CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENT SERVICE
    University of Malaya, 2016 (University)
  • CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENT SERVICE
    University of Malaya, 2015 (University)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Alkathiry, Hadil; Al-Rofaai, Ahmed; Ya'cob, Zubaidah; Cutmore, Tamsin S.; Mohd-Azami, Siti Nurul Izzah; Husin, Nurul Aini; Lim, Fang Shiang; Koosakulnirand, Sirikamon; Mahfodz, Nor Hidayana; Ishak, Siti Nabilah; Loong, Shih Keng; Stekolnikov, Alexandr; Mohd-Taib, Farah Shafawati; Abubakar, Sazaly; Makepeace, Benjamin L.; Chaisiri, Kittipong; Khoo, Jing Jing (2022). Habitat and Season Drive Chigger Mite Diversity and Abundance on Small Mammals in Peninsular Malaysia, PATHOGENS. 11(10), . doi:10.3390/pathogens11101087
  2. Loong, S. K.; Ali, N. Jafar; Mohd-Johan, N. D.; Teoh, B. T.; Tan, K. K.; Rahaman, N. Y. Abd; Abubakar, S. (2022). Amplification of Sequences Suggestive of Old Port Virus from a Pool of Culex tritaeniorhynchus from Malaysia, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 116(), S125-S125. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2021.12.296
  3. Loong, Shih Keng; Abd-Majid, Mohamad Azlan; Teoh, Boon Teong; Cheh, Mi Jing; Khor, Chee Sieng; Chao, Chien Chung; Khoo, Jing Jing; AbuBakar, Sazaly (2022). Leptospirosis among Dengue-Negative Febrile Patients in Selangor, Malaysia, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 107(2), 397-400. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.20-0656
  4. Beliavskaia, Alexandra; Khoo, Jing Jing; Tan, Kim-Kee; Sinha, Amit; Loong, Shih-Keng; Carlow, Clotilde K.; Bell-Sakyi, Lesley; Abubakar, Sazaly; Darby, Alistair C.; Makepeace, Benjamin L. (2021). CULTURE-DEPENDENT AND -INDEPENDENT METAGENOMIC ASSEMBLIES FROM MALAYSIAN CTENOCEPHALIDES SPP. FLEAS UNCOVER NEW COMPLETE GENOMES FOR BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE, RICKETTSIA ASEMBONENSIS AND MULTIPLE CLADES OF WOLBACHIA, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 105(5), 174-174
  5. Chua, H. S., Soh, Y. H., Loong, S. K., & AbuBakar, S. (2021). Francisella philomiragia bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient: a rare case report. Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 20(1), 4. doi: 10.1186/s12941-021-00475-2
  6. Johari, J., Hontz, R. D., Pike, B. L., Husain, T., Chong, C. K., Rusli, N., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2021). Multiyear prospective cohort study to evaluate the risk potential of MERS-CoV infection among Malaysian Hajj pilgrims (MERCURIAL): a study protocol. BMJ Open, 11(8), 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050901
  7. Khoo, J. J., Husin, N. A., Lim, F. S., Oslan, S. N. H., Azami, S., To, S. W., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2021). Molecular detection of pathogens from ectoparasites recovered from peridomestic animals, and the first description of a Candidatus Midichloria sp. from Haemaphysalis wellingtoni from rural communities in Malaysia. Parasitology International, 80, 5. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2020.102202
  8. Lee, H. Y., Loong, S. K., Ya'cob, Z., Low, V., Teoh, B. T., Ahmad-Nasrah, S. N., . . . Adler, P. H. (2021). Culturable bacteria in adults of a Southeast Asian black fly, Simulium tani (Diptera:Simuliidae). Acta Tropica, 219, 7. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.105923
  9. Loong, S. K., Che-Mat-Seri, N. A. A., Tan, K. K., Azizan, N. S., Ahmad-Nasrah, S. N., Mohd-Zain, S. N., & AbuBakar, S. (2021). Isolation of Kytococcus schroeteri from the brown rat Rattus norvegicus. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 14(4), 191-192. doi: 10.4103/1995-7645.312515
  10. Nellis, S., Loong, S. K., Abd-Jamil, J., Fauzi, R., & AbuBakar, S. (2021). Detecting dengue outbreaks in Malaysia using geospatial techniques. Geospatial Health, 16(2). doi: 10.4081/gh.2021.1008
  11. Shu, Meng-Hooi; Wong, Pooi-Fong; Sam, Sing-Sin; Loong, Shih-Keng; Teoh, Boon-Teong; AbuBakar, Sazaly (2021). Intracellular calcium ions facilitate dengue virus entry into endothelial cells and compromise endothelial barrier integrity, ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE. 14(11), 505-516. doi:10.4103/1995-7645.331257
  12. Tan, L. P., Hamdan, R. H., Hassan, B. N. H., Reduan, M. F. H., Okene, I. A. A., Loong, S. K., . . . Lee, S. H. (2021). Rhipicephalus Tick: A Contextual Review for Southeast Asia. Pathogens, 10(7), 20. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10070821
  13. Tiong, V., Loong, S. K., Wali, H. A. M., Tan, K. K., Jee, P. F., Lim, F. S., . . . Abubakar, S. (2021). Isolation of Streptococcus cuniculi from corneal lesion in laboratory-raised mice. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 83(2), 280-284. doi: 10.1292/jvms.20-0070
  14. Abd Majid, M. A., Khoo, J. J., Lim, F. S., Khor, C. S., Loong, S. K., Low, V. L., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2020). Bacterial profiling of head lice isolated from the Orang Asli: A first report in Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 37(4), 884-895.
  15. Ain-Najwa, M. Y., Yasmin, A., Omar, A. R., Arshad, S. S., Abu, J., Mohammed, H. O., . . . Mohd-Kharip-Shah, A. K. (2020). Evidence of West Nile virus infection in migratory and resident wild birds in west coast of peninsular Malaysia. One Health, 10, 7. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100134
  16. Lim, F. S., Khoo, J. J., Tan, K. K., Zainal, N., Loong, S. K., Khor, C. S., AbuBakar, S. (2020). Bacterial communities in Haemaphysalis, Dermacentor and Amblyomma ticks collected from wild boar of an Orang Asli Community in Malaysia. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 11(2), 9. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101352
  17. Lim, Fang Shiang; Khoo, Jing Jing; Tan, Kim Kee; Zainal, Nurhafiza; Loong, Shih Keng; Khor, Chee Sieng; AbuBakar, Sazaly (2020). Bacterial communities in Haemaphysalis, Dermacentor and Amblyomma ticks collected from wild boar of an Orang Asli Community in Malaysia, TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES. 11(2), . doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101352
  18. Loong, S. K., Lim, E. S., Khoo, J. J., Lee, H. Y., Suntharalingam, C., Ishak, S. N., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2020). Culturable pathogenic bacteria in ticks parasitizing farm animals and rodents in Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 37(3), 803-811.
  19. Teoh, B. T., Chin, K. L., Samsudin, N. I., Loong, S. K., Sam, S. S., Tan, K. K., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2020). A reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification for broad coverage detection of Asian and African Zika virus lineages. BMC Infectious Diseases, 20(1), 10. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05585-4
  20. Alghazali, K. A., Teoh, B. T., Loong, S. K., Sam, S. S., Che-Mat-Seri, N. A. A., Samsudin, N. I., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2019). Dengue Outbreak during Ongoing Civil War, Taiz, Yemen. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(7), 1397-1400. doi:10.3201/eid2506.180046
  21. Khor, C. S., Hassan, H., Mohd-Rahim, N. F., Chandren, J. R., Nore, S. S., Johari, J., . . . Abubakar, S. (2019). Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi among the indigenous people (Orang Asli) of Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 13(5), 449-454. doi:10.3855/jidc.11001
  22. Lim, F. S., Khoo, J. J., Akhavanrezeai, M., Loong, S. K., Khor, C. S., AbuBakar, S. (2019). Detection of Theileria luwenshuni (Piroplasmida: Theileriidae) from ticks infesting goats in peninsular Malaysia. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 24(10), 1971-1974. doi:10.11158/saa.24.10.14
  23. Loong, S. K., Mahfodz, N. H., Seri, N., Wali, H. A. M., Abd Gani, S. A., Wong, P. F., AbuBakar, S. (2016). Genetic characterization of commensal Escherichia coli isolated from laboratory rodents, Springerplus. 5(9), Article
  24. Loong, S. K., Mahfodz, N. H., Wali, H. A. M., Talib, S. A. A., Nasrah, S. N. A., Wong, P. F., Abubakar, S. (2016). Molecular and antimicrobial analyses of non-classical Bordetella isolated from a laboratory mouse, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 78(4715-717), Article
Scopus
  1. Shu M.-H., Wong P.-F., Sam S.-S., Loong S.-K., Teoh B.-T., Abubakar S. (2021). Intracellular calcium ions facilitate dengue virus entry into endothelial cells and compromise endothelial barrier integrity, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. 14(11), 505-516. doi:10.4103/1995-7645.331257
Others
  1. Mohd-Azami SNI, Loong SK, Khoo JJ, Husin NA, Lim FS, Mahfodz, NH, Ishak SN, Mohd-Taib FS, Makepeace BL, AbuBakar S. (2023). Molecular surveillance for vector-borne bacteria in rodents and tree shrews of Peninsular Malaysia oil palm plantations, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 8, 74.
  2. Alkathiry H, Al-Rofaai A, Ya cob Z, Cutmore TS, Mohd-Azami SNI, Husin NA, Lim FS, Koosakulnirand S, Mahfodz NH, Ishak SN, Loong SK, Stekolnikov A, Mohd-Taib FS, AbuBakar S, Makepeace BL, Chaisiri K, Khoo JJ. (2022). Habitat and season drive chigger mite diversity and abundance on small mammals in Peninsular Malaysia. Pathogens. 11(10), 1087.
  3. Chin KL, Teoh BT, Sam SS, Loong SK, Tan KK, Azizan NS, Lim YK, Khor CS, Nor e SS, Abd-Jamil J, AbuBakar S. (2022). Development of a TaqMan minor groove binding probe-based quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for the detection and quantification of Zika virus, Tropical Biomedicine. 39(4), 518-523.
  4. Kamaruzaman INA, Mohd Mokhtar MA, Ting HW, Yuan YK, Gulam Shah AW, Loong TW, Shaharulnizim N, Reduan MFH, Abdul Hamid FF, Noralidin NA, Abdul Manaf NA, Che Wan Zalati CWS, Loong SK, Clegg S, Abu-Bakar L. (2022). Molecular detection of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in urban rodents from wet markets in northeast Malaysia, Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 9(2), 275-281.
  5. Loong SK, Abd-Majid MA, Teoh BT, Cheh MJ, Khor CS, Chao CC, Khoo JJ, AbuBakar S. (2022). Leptospirosis among dengue-negative febrile patients in Selangor, Malaysia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 107(2), 397-400.
  6. Mohd-Azami SNI, Loong SK, Khoo JJ, Sahimin N, Lim FS, Husin NA, Mahfodz NH, Mohd-Taib FS, Ishak SN, Makepeace BL, AbuBakar S. (2022). Molecular evidence of rat bocavirus among rodents in Peninsular Malaysia, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 84(7), 938-941.
  7. Muhammad M, Hassan TM, Baba SS, Radda MI, Mutawakkil MM, Musa MA, AbuBakar S, Loong SK, Yusuf I. (2022). Exploring NFkB pathway as a potent strategy to mitigate COVID-19 severe morbidity and mortality, Journal of Public Health in Africa. 13(3), 1679.
  8. Rathakrishnan T, Suntharalingam C, Lim YS, Loong SK, Lee HY, Tee KK, Thanarajoo SS, Balasundram SK. (2022). Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices Among Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Malaysia: Contributing Factors and Smart Farming Prospects. Journal of Smart Science and Technology. 2(2), 16-31.
  9. Yasmin AR, Tan LP, Abdul-Azeez IO, Nur Atikah H, C.W. Salma CWZ, Hamdan RH, Loong SK. (2022). Retrospective prevalence and associated risk factors of Mycoplasma haemofelis infection in owned cats, Tropical Biomedicine, 39(3), 444-450.
  10. Chua HS, Soh YH, Loong SK, AbuBakar S. (2021). Francisella philomiragia bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient: a rare case report. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials. 20, 72.
  11. Khoo JJ, Husin NA, Lim FS, Oslan SNH, Mohd Azami SNI, To SW, Abd Majid MA, Lee HY, Loong SK, Khor CS, AbuBakar S. (2021). Molecular detection of pathogens from ectoparasites recovered from peri- domestic animals, and the first description of a Candidatus Midichloria sp. from Haemaphysalis wellingtoni from rural communities in Malaysia. Parasitology International, 80, 102202.
  12. Lee HY, Loong SK, Ya'cob Z, Low VL, Teoh BT, Ahmad-Nasrah SN, Yap PC, Sofian-Azirun M, Takaoka H, AbuBakar S, Adler PH. (2021). Culturable bacteria in adults of a Southeast Asian black fly, Simulium tani (Diptera:Simuliidae). Acta Tropica. 219, 105923.
  13. Loong SK, Che Mat Seri NAA, Tan KK, Azizan NS, Ahmad-Nasrah SN, Mohd-Zain SN, AbuBakar S. (2021). Isolation of Kytococcus schroeteri from the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 14(4), 191-192.
  14. Tiong V, Loong SK, Mohamad Wali HA, Tan KK, Jee PF, Lim FS, Khoo JJ, Wong PF, Chang LY, AbuBakar S. (2021). Isolation of Streptococcus cuniculi from corneal lesion in laboratory-raised mice. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 83(2), 280-284.
  15. Abd Majid MA, Khoo JJ, Lim FS, Khor CS, Loong SK, Low VL, Lee HY, AbuBakar S. (2020). Bacterial profiling of head lice isolated from the Orang Asli: A first report in Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 37(4), 884-895.
  16. Ain-Najwa MY, Yasmin AR, Omar AR, Arshad SS, Abu J, Mohammed HO, Kumar K, Loong SK, Rovie-Ryan JJ, Mohd-Kharip Shah AK. (2020). Evidence of West Nile virus infection in migratory and resident wild birds in west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. One Health, 10, 100134.
  17. Loong SK, Che Mat Seri NAA, Mahfodz NH, AbuBakar S. (2020). Misidentification of multidrug resistant Enterococcus faecium using a commercial identification method. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 13(10), 474-476.
  18. Loong SK, Lim FS, Khoo JJ, Lee HY, Suntharalingam C, Ishak SN, Mohd-Taib FS, AbuBakar S. (2020). Culturable pathogenic bacteria in ticks parasitizing farm animals and rodents in Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 37(3), 803-811.
  19. Teoh BT, Chin KL, Samsudin NI, Loong SK, Sam SS, Tan KK, Khor CS, Abd-Jamil J, Zainal N, Wilder-Smith A, Zandi K, AbuBakar S. (2020). A reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification for broad coverage detection of Asian and African Zika virus lineages. BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020 Dec 11;20(1):947
  20. Khor CS, Hassan H, Mohd-Rahim NF, Chandren JR, Nore SS, Johari J, Loong SK, Abd-Jamil J, Khoo JJ, Lee HY, Pike BL, Wong LP, Lim YAL, AbuBakar S. (2019). Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi among the indigenous people (Orang Asli) of Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 13(5), 449-454.
  21. Lim, FS, Khoo, JJ, Akhavanrezeai, M, Loong, SK, Khor, CS, AbuBakar, S. (2019) Detection of Theileria luwenshuni from ticks infesting goats in peninsular Malaysia. Systematic and Applied Acarology. 24 (10): 1971-1977
  22. Loong SK, Lee HY, Khoo JJ, Lim FS, Ahmad Nasrah SN, Azman AS, Suntharalingam C, Panchadcharam C, AbuBakar S. (2019). Microbiological analysis of raw milk unveiled the presence of a dairy contaminant, Corynebacterium lipophiloflavum. Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology, 7(5), 41-44.
  23. Loong SK, Tan KK, Zulkifle NI, AbuBakar S. 2019. Draft genome of Paraburkholderia fungorum sequence type 868 recovered from human synovial tissues. Data in Brief, 25, 104159.
  24. Khoo JJ, Ishak SN, Lim FS, Mohd-Taib FS, Khor CS, Loong SK, AbuBakar S. (2018). Detection of a Borrelia sp. from Ixodes granulatus ticks collected from rodents in Malaysia. Journal of Medical Entomology,
  25. Khor CS, Mohd-Rahim NF, Hassan H, Chandren JR, Nore SS, Johari J, Loong SK, Abd-Jamil J, Khoo JJ, Lee HY, Pike BL, Wong LP, Lim YAL, AbuBakar S. (2018). Seroprevalence of Q fever among the indigenous people (Orang Asli) of Peninsular Malaysia.2018 Mar;18(3):131-137. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2017.2153. Epub 2018 Jan 16.
  26. Lim FS, Loong SK, Khoo JJ, Tan KK, Zainal N, Abdullah MF, Khor CS, AbuBakar S. (2018). Identification and characterization of Corynebacterium lactis isolated from Amblyomma testudinarium of Sus scrofa in Malaysia. Syst Appl Acarol. 23(9):1838-1844
  27. Loong SK, Che-Mat-Seri NAA, Abdulrazak O, Douadi B, Ahmad-Nasrah SN, Johari J, Mohd-Zain SN, AbuBakar S. (2018). Recovery of Bordetella bronchiseptica sequence type 82 and B. pseudohinzii from urban rats in Terengganu, Malaysia. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 80(1): 77-84
  28. Loong SK, Ishak SN, Lim FS, Khoo JJ, Tan SN, Freddy-Jalin EJ, Mohd-Taib FS, AbuBakar S. (2018). Paenibacillus lautus, an opportunistic bacterial pathogen, isolated from Ixodes granulatus Supino (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from a M ller s giant Sunda rat (Sundamys muelleri). Systematic & Applied Acarology, 23(4), 597-602.
  29. Loong SK, Khor CS, Chen HW, Chao CC, Ling ISC, Abdul Rahim NF, Hassan H, Nellis S, Ching WM, AbuBakar S. (2018). Serological evidence of high Leptospira exposure among indigenous people (Orang Asli) in Peninsular Malaysia using a recombinant antigen-based ELISA. Tropical Biomedicine, 35(1), 1-9.
  30. Loong SK, Mohammad Wali HA, Che Mat Seri NAA, Mahfodz NH, Mohd Ghazali D, Wong PF, AbuBakar S. (2018). Effectiveness of Sentinel Rodents for Surveillance of Exposure to Undocumented Bacterial Pathogens in Animal Research Facility. Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 48(4), 671-679.
  31. Sam SS, Teoh BT, Chee CM, Mohamed-Romai-Noor NA, Abd-Jamil J, Loong SK, Khor CS, Tan KK, AbuBakar S. (2018). A quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for detection of Getah virus. Scientific Reports, 8, 17632.
  32. H Y Lee, S K Loong, J J Khoo, F S Lim, L C Chai, C Suntharalingam, J Sivalingam, S AbuBakar. (2017). Impact of Hygiene Intervention Practices on Microbial Load in Raw Milk. Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology, 11(3), 1281-1286.
  33. Loong SK, Tan KK, Sulaiman S, Wong PF, AbuBakar S. Draft genome of Bordetella pseudohinzii BH370 isolated from trachea and lung tissues of a laboratory mouse. Genomics data. 2017 Jun;12:69-70
  34. Loong SK, Tan KK, Zainal N, Phoon WH, Mohd Zain SN, AbuBakar S. (2017). Draft genome of the emerging pathogen, Kocuria marina isolated from a wild urban rat. Memorias do Institudo Oswaldo Cruz, 112(12), 857-859.
  35. Loong SK, Teoh BT, Johari J, Khor CS, Abd-Jamil J, Nor'e SS, Samsudin NI, Azizan NS, Yaakob CN, CheMatSeri AA, Mahfodz NH, AbuBakar S. (2017). Penicillin-Susceptible, Oxidase-Negative, Nonhemolytic, Nonmotile Bacillus megaterium in Disguise of Bacillus anthracis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2578082.
  36. Loong SK, Che Mat Seri NAA, Mahfodz NH, Ahmad Nasrah SN, Akbar SZ, AbuBakar S. (2016). A Report of Vancomycin-susceptible, Teicoplanin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis ST6 in Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine 33(3), 577-582.
  37. Loong SK, Che Mat Seri NAA, Mahfodz NH, Ahmad Nasrah SN, Teoh BT, AbuBakar S. (2016). Emergence of Enterococcus gallinarum carrying vanA gene cluster displaying atypical phenotypes. Tropical Biomedicine, 33(4), 837-841.
  38. Loong SK, Johari J, Che Mat Seri NAA, AbdulRazak O, Douadi B, Ahmad Nasrah SN, Mohd Zain SN, AbuBakar S. (2016). Isolation and Identification of an Emerging Pathogen, Kocuria marina, from Rattus rattus diardii. Tropical Biomedicine, 33(3), 589-593.
  39. Loong SK, Khor CS, Jafar FL & AbuBakar S. (2016). Utility of 16S rDNA Sequencing for Identification of Rare Pathogenic Bacteria. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, 30(6), 1056-1060.
  40. Loong SK, Mahfodz NH, Che Mat Seri NAA, Mohamad Wali HA, A. Gani SA, Wong PF, AbuBakar S. (2016). Genetic characterization of commensal Escherichia coli isolated from laboratory rodents. SpringerPlus, 5(1), 1035. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-2745-9
  41. Loong SK, Mahfodz NH, Mohamad Wali HA, A. Talib SA, Ahmad Nasrah SN, Wong PF, AbuBakar S. (2016). Molecular and antimicrobial analyses of non-classical Bordetella isolated from a laboratory mouse. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 78(4), 715-717. DOI: 10.1292/jvms.15-0472
  42. Loong SK, Soh YH, Mahfodz NH, Johari J, AbuBakar S. (2016). Synovial Tissue Infection With Burkholderia fungorum. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(10), 1834-1835.
  43. Singh H, Morioka K, Shimojima M, Van An L, Nakajima H, Hemmi A, Uchiyama K, Loong SK, AbuBakar S, Yang M, Sugamata M. (2016). A Handy Field Portable ELISA-system for Rapid Onsite Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 69(5), 435-438.
  44. Chiam CW, Chan YF, Loong SK, Yong SS, Hooi PS, Sam IC. (2013). Real-time polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis and quantitation of negative strand of chikungunya virus. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 77(2), 133-137.
  45. Sam IC, Chan YF, Chan SY, Loong SK. (2013). Molecular characterization of Chikungunya viruses from Malaysia. Journal of Health and Translational Medicine, 16, 19.
  46. Sam IC, Loong SK, Michael JC, Chua CL, Wan Sulaiman WY, Vythilingam I, Chan SY, Chiam CW, Yeong YS, AbuBakar S, Chan YF. (2012). Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Chikungunya virus of different genotypes from Malaysia. PLoS One, 7(11), e50476.
  47. Sam IC, Chan YF, Chan SY, Loong SK, Chin HK, Hooi PS, Ganeswrie R, Abubakar S. (2009). Chikungunya virus of Asian and Central/East African genotypes in Malaysia. Journal of Clinical Virology, 46(2), 180-183.
  48. Sam IC, Kahar-Bador M, Chan YF, Loong SK, Mohd Nor Ghazali F. (2008). Multisensitive community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in Malaysia. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 62(4), 437-439.
Books
  1. Yunus Z, Mohamed Yunus AR, Osman AS, Suntharalingam C, Ko CHC, Jafar FL, Mohamad Wali HA, Jasman J, Tham BLK, Santhirangathan K, Loong SK, Abd Rahaman NY, Nordin NFH, Madhavan P, Ahmad Raus R, Issa R, Shahar S, Shabuddin SA, Tan CS, Balakrishnan V, W. Mohd Arifin WNA, Wee SK, Wong EH, Podin Y. (2018). National Laboratory Biosecurity Assessment and Monitoring Checklist (First Edition). Kajang, Selangor: STRIDE.
Article in Proceeding
  1. CA Abot, SK Loong, P Thangarajah. (2021). Identification and confirmation of Laribacter hongkongensis bacteremia in a patient with neutropenic sepsis in Malaysia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 100(S1), 120-158.
  2. Loong SK, Johari J. Teoh BT, AbuBakar S. (2021). Investigation into an anonymous, unclaimed Japanese encephalitis virus strain and, the biosafety and biosecurity lessons learnt. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 101(S1), 219-264.
  3. Sam IC, Chan YF, Chan SY, Loong SK. (2013). Molecular characterisation of Chikungunya viruses from Malaysia. Journal of Health and Translational Medicine. Kuala Lumpur, 21-23 January 2013.
  4. Sam IC, Kahar-Bador M, Chan YF, Loong SK, Fadzilah MNG, Chong J. Multisensitive Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 13th International Congress of Infectious Diseases. Kuala Lumpur, 19-22 June 2008.
Other Publications
  1. Loong SK, Ishak SN, Lim FS, Khoo JJ, Mohd-Taib FS, AbuBakar S. (2019). Viable cultivable bacteria within ticks after homogenization with Precellys 24. (Application Note PREC-026-DU141). Montigny-le-Bretonneux: Bertin Instruments. - Technical Report

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2021 - 2025, UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA
    The immunobiology of West Nile virus isolated in Malaysia., Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2022 - 2024, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Replication Analysis Of A Novel Wolbachia Strain In Tick And Mosquito Cell Lines ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2019 - 2023, RU Geran
    Tidrec- Tropical Infections Disease Programme ( Co-Researcher)
  4. 2020 - 2023, RU Geran
    Tidrec-tropical Infections Disease Programme ( Co-Researcher)
  5. 2021 - 2023, Xiamen University Malaysia
    Optimising Milk Production via Good Hygiene Practices (GHP): Enhancing Adoption among Dairy Cow Farmers through Training Intervention in Malaysia ( Consultant)
  6. 2021 - 2023, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Deciphering leptospiral porin protein (OmpL1) as a potential diagnostic marker for screening of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in dairy cattle., Universiti Malaysia Kelantan ( Co-Researcher)
  7. 2017 - 2020, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Replication Competencies Of Dengue Virus Type 1 In Aedes Mosquito Cell Lines And Aedes Mosquitoes ( Co-Researcher)
  8. 2018 - 2020, RU Geran
    Tropical Infectious Disease Program ( Co-Researcher)
  9. 2018 - 2019, RU Geran - UMCares
    Transferring Knowledge On Vectors Of Diseases Agents Through School-based Participation In Malaysia ( Co-Researcher)
  10. 2017 - 2019, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Replication competencies of dengue virus type 1 in Aedes mosquito cell lines and Aedes mosquitoes ( Consultant)
  11. 2018 - 2019, International Funding
    Promoting vector-borne diseases awareness among school-aged children through community-based participation in Malaysia, Malaysian One Health University Network Community Based Extension Project Fund, USAID ( Consultant)
  12. 2016 - 2018, IGAUPM
    Microbiological Analyses on Dairy Specimens after Adoption of Good Farm Management and Milk Hygiene Practices Among Dairy Farmers in the Southern Zone ( Consultant)
  13. 2015 - 2016, Research Officer Grant Scheme (ROGS)
    Molecular identification of bacteria isolated from rodents ( Co-Researcher)
  14. 2014 - 2016, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    A study to establish the microbiome associated with ticks in Malaysia ( Consultant)
  15. 2014 - 2015, Research Officer Grant Scheme (ROGS)
    Molecular Characterization of Bordetella Species Isolated From Rodent ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  16. 2010 - 2011, Postgraduate Research Grant(PPP)
    Rapid Quantitative Real-Time PCR Diagnostic Assay for Chikungunya Virus. ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  17. 2008 - 2010, Private Funding
    Quantitative Estimation of Chikungunya Virus Replication Kinetics in Different Cell Lines. ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  18. 2008 - 2009, Postgraduate Research Grant(PPP)
    Serological Responses to Chikungunya of Asian & ECSA Genotype in Humans & MIce ( Principal Investigator(PI))
International
  1. 2022 - 2026, International Funding
    The Tick Cell Biobank: Arthropod Vector Cell Lines For Human And Animal Health ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2022 - 2023, International Funding
    One Health Approach To Evaluate The Role Of Oil-palm Habitats In Biodiversity Conservation And Spread Of Vector-borne And Zoonoses In Malaysia ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2022 - 2023, International Funding
    Roach Of The Sky And Ground: Impact Of Pest Animals On Urban Communities ( Co-Researcher)
  4. 2019 - 2021, International Funding
    Incidence Of Chikungunya Disease In The Background Of Unremitting Dengue Coexistence ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  5. 2019 - 2021, International Funding
    Incidence of Chikungunya Disease In The Background of Unremitting Dengue Coexistence ( Principal Investigator(PI))

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. The Under-appreciated and Emerging Tick borne Diseases in Malaysia, Disease Ecology Symposium & Training 2022, Tropical Disease Research Centre, Mahidol University Kanchanaburi Campus (International) (28 Nov 2022 - 02 Dec 2022)
  2. Enhanced Bacteriological Monitoring of Laboratory-Raised Rodents - The University of Malaya Experience, 2nd International Conference on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Malaysian Society for Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Asian Federation of Biotechnology Malaysian Chapter and Monash University Malaysia (International) (01 Nov 2017 - 02 Nov 2017)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. Amplification of Sequences Suggestive of Old Port Virus from a Pool of Culex tritaeniorhynchus from Malaysia, The International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance (IMED) 2021, International Society for Infectious Diseases (International) (04 Nov 2021 - 06 Nov 2021)
  2. Detection of chikungunya among patients with presumptive diagnosis of dengue in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 57th Annual Scientific Conference of the Malaysian Society of Parasitology & Tropical Medicine, Malaysian Society of Parasitology & Tropical Medicine (National) (15 Sep 2021 - 15 Sep 2021)
  3. Molecular Tools for the Identification of the Bordetellae: A Group of Pathogens Occupying the Human-Animal-Environment Milieu., 6th World One Health Congress, The University of Edinburgh (International) (30 Oct 2020 - 03 Nov 2020)
  4. Detection of Leptospira DNA Among Febrile Patients Without Dengue Fever. , 9th Malaysian Symposium of Biomedical Science., Department of Biomedical Science, University of Malaya. (National) (12 May 2018 - 13 May 2018)
  5. Atypical Enterococcus gallinarum Carrying vanA Gene Cluster, 33rd Symposium of the Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2016, Malaysian Society for Microbiology (National) (14 Dec 2016 - 17 Dec 2016)
  6. Identification of Non-Classical Bordetella Species Using nrdA Sequencing., International Congress of the Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2015., Malaysian Society for Microbiology (National) (07 Dec 2015 - 10 Dec 2015)
  7. Development of strand-specific quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for Chikungunya virus., 9th Asia-Pacific Congress of Medical Virology., Asia Pacific Society for Medical Virology (International) (06 Jun 2012 - 08 Jun 2012)
  8. In vitro and in vivo chikungunya virus replication kinetics in Aedes albopictus., Colloquium on Updates on Dengue and Arbovirus Research in Malaysia., WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Reference & Research (DF/DHF) and the Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya (National) (12 Apr 2010 - 13 Apr 2010)
  9. Molecular characterization of Chikungunya isolates from Malaysia., 15th International Bioinformatics Workshop on Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology., Erasmus Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine together with the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. (International) (07 Sep 2009 - 11 Sep 2009)
  10. Replication kinetics of chikungunya virus in two different cell lines., 17th Malaysian Society for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Meeting., Malaysian Society of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (National) (23 Jun 2008 - 28 Jun 2008)
  11. Multisensitive Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., 13th International Congress of Infectious Diseases., International Society for Infectious Diseases (International) (19 Jun 2008 - 22 Jun 2008)
PRESENTER
  1. Investigation into an anonymous, unclaimed Japanese encephalitis virus strain and, the biosafety and biosecurity lessons learnt., 19th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, International Society for Infectious Diseases (International) (10 Sep 2020 - 13 Sep 2020)
  2. Emergence of Paraburkholderia fungorum as an opportunistic bacterial pathogen., 55th Annual Scientific Conference of the Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (MSPTM), Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (MSPTM) (National) (13 Mar 2019 - 14 Mar 2019)
  3. Paenibacillus lautus, an opportunistic bacterial pathogen, isolated from Ixodes granulatus Supino (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from a M ller s giant Sunda rat., 54th Annual Scientific Conference of the Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (MSPTM), Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (National) (14 Mar 2018 - 15 Mar 2018)
  4. Diversity of Bordetella Species, a Group of Respiratory-associated Pathogens, among Wild Rodents in Malaysia. , 8th Biodiversity Seminar, Jabatan PERHILITAN Semenanjung Malaysia (National) (20 Nov 2017 - 23 Nov 2017)
  5. Molecular characterisation of Chikungunya viruses from Malaysia., JUMMEC-RESFOM 5OTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, Health and Translational Medicine Cluster (International) (21 Jan 2013 - 23 Jan 2013)

ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2021) TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE article reviewer, (Reviewer)
  2. (2021) FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE article reviewer, (Reviewer)
  3. (2020) TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE article reviewer, (Reviewer)
  4. (2020) DATA IN BRIEF article reviewer, (Reviewer)
  5. (2020) TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE article reviewer, (Reviewer)
  6. (2019) DATA IN BRIEF article reviewer , (Reviewer)
  7. (2019) DATA IN BRIEF article reviewer , (Reviewer)
  8. (2019) DATA IN BRIEF article reviewer , (Reviewer)
  9. (2018) TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE article reviewer , (Reviewer)
  10. (2017) EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES article reviewer , (Reviewer)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2021) Collaboration for Conducting Research on Vector-borne Infectious Diseases in Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, National
  2. (2019) British Council Newton-Ungku Omar Fund Institutional Links Project 332192305 Identification, evaluation and alleviation of the threat of vector-borne rickettsial agents to human health in Malaysia in the context of changing climate and socio-economic development , University of Liverpool, UK, International
  3. (2019) Research Collaboration on Vector-borne and Emerging Infectious Diseases with Undifferentiated Clinical Symptoms, Hospital Melaka, National
  4. (2016) Conducting Microbiological Analyses on the Dairy Specimens After Adoption of Good Farm Management and Milk Hygiene Practices Among Dairy Farmers in the Southern Zone, Indian Graduates Association of Universiti Putra Malaysia

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
PhD/ Doctoral
  1. (2021) Characterization of West Nile virus isolates in Malaysia., Nur Syafiqah Binti Ishak (Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM))
  2. (2020) Investigation of leptospirosis and rickettsial diseases associated with urban peri-domestic animals, Mohamad Azlan Bin Abd Majid
Master
  1. (2020) Molecular screening of vector-borne pathogens in rodents and treeshrews from oil palm plantation, Siti Nurul Izzah Binti Mohd Azami